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Headlines for October 31, 2008

CONSTRUCTION BECOMES LARGEST SECTOR OF ARMENIAN ECONOMY
By Emil Danielyan
Construction has surpassed industry as the single largest sector of the Armenian economy after years of building boom that has been a key driving force behind the country’s double-digit economic growth. ...
DASHNAKS THREATEN COALITION EXIT OVER KARABAKH CONCESSIONS
By Astghik Bedevian 1
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) will pull out of Armenia’s governing coalition if President Serzh Sarkisian presses ahead with territorial concessions to Azerbaijan, a leader of ...
BUSINESS GROUP CRIES FOUL OVER GOVERNMENT ‘VENDETTA’
By Emil Danielyan 1
An Armenian business group owned by a fugitive opposition-linked businessman on Friday claimed to be heading for financial ruin because of what it described as a “political vendetta” waged by the government. ...
MAN TRIED FOR RETRACTING TESTIMONY AGAINST JAILED OPPOSITIONIST
By Anush Martirosian
An Armenian army soldier faced on Friday a two-year prison sentence for retracting his incriminating testimony against an opposition activist arrested during the post-election unrest in Yerevan. The ...
TURKISH FM UPBEAT ON NORMALIZING RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA
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Turkey's Foreign Minister Ali Babacan on Friday expressed optimism that long-running disputes between Turkey and Armenia, and Armenia and Azerbaijan can be resolved and that Turkey was determined to push ...